Experiment #113 · closed · published 4/28/2026, 3:24:00 PM
Creative features
Confounds the baseline knew
Raw views mostly measure how big the channel already was. The baseline predicts what this channel “should” have earned given the confounds above; the residual is how the post actually landed relative to that prediction — measured in standard deviations.
Observed (168h)
121
Baseline expected
112
Residual reward
+0.13σ
raw 0.13σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 121 | 17,787 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24h | 67 | 9,783 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 72h | 97 | 14,230 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Post beat its baseline by 0.13σ. Moved: hook_type:story_cold_open +0.009, format:tutorial +0.008, topic_cluster:topic_1 +0.008.